Cable Mills is a historic re-use project located in Williamstown and sponsored by Mitchell Properties. DHCD will support the project with state bond subsidies, and the town of Williamstown also will support the project with Community Preservation Act funds. When completed, the project will feature 61 total units, with 13 units reserved as affordable units for families.

The history of this project has been, in plain English, infuriating. The weekend I first moved here ten years ago I went to buy surplus office supplies at the mill building as the last office tenants cleared out. And about three or four years ago, as my wife and I began house-hunting, a very prominent local realtor looked us in the eye and said if we bought a unit, we would be only a few months away from being able to move in. And every day since I’ve been here, it has been a crumbling eyesore in what should be a prime part of town.

So the only reasonable reaction one can have to today’s news is, believe it when you see it.